Clayman

Hey guys! Haven't been on in awhile. It was just my computer that died... not me Finally got a new one... so I'll be back on here bothering you guys for info. Been busy though... 2 freightliners wrote off at work. My car got hit last week. Welding exams. wife took off to Ontario for a week.... her dad's sick Been busy...really busy. Good 2 be back on the computer finally!!!! Clayman

LMAO! well you could always just put a cup holder on your dash.... when your coffee lands in your lap, you've gone too far! That's classic Rami .... I love demented people! Take'er easy! Clay

Never seen one of these before. It'll tell you if your upside down Item# 8006723935 http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/87-88-89-90...006723935QQrdZ1

What year JGC are the coils off of? should be able to find some shocks for less than that. Are those Ranchos? should just be able to go with a shock 3 inches longer and fairly stiff. ( Yes, i know I said it. geez. ) I was thinking of trying some Munroe Sensatracs. I dunno. CM

I just finished tearing out my centerlink tonight... PITA! Here's a tip though, make a little spacer out of a chunk of pipe jack up on the CL close to the end....just a little bit... loosen the nut but don't take it off... tap on the arm with a hammer and pop! Just like doing a steering wheel. I just cut my inner tie rod ends with a grinder and zip disk because I'm going to replace anyways... broke lock nuts first. Just in case someone's doing their first one. Or if you don't care about the BJ boots just slam'em off with a pickle fork. Yeah I'm just going to whip up a L&P style CL... I've got access to Machinists who owe me at work, and I'm a welder by trade. Hah! I going to whip up something else as well.... I think you could easily just piggy back some 3/4" T1 plate on a 4140 1" shaft and be as strong or stronger than stock. I'm going to weld one up and put it in the press and see what she'll take. Who knows maybe I'll get ambitous and make a new idler arm while I'm at it. I don't think I'll bother with the P-arm... looks pretty sturdy to me. Anyways,.. will update... I'm right in the middle of building a deck, and putting a crane truck together at work right now, so it may take a bit to get some puppy making time. Take Care, Clay

Sealed bearing unit on the fronts.... I don't think you can repack them.... can you? My pathy is such a write-off I haven't got there yet. Rubber squeel eh.... Backer plate, broken sway bar link, balancing valve in master cyl. pushing a pad out., indicator tab on the pads bent in...... hmmm I'd just keep spinning till ya find it. TC, Clay

hey '88, Yeah I'm a bit of a suspension virgin. I don't like dealing with them. But I've got issues that need to be taken care of. It's kinda forced my hand to get under there and figure out how it works. I actually got out there today, jacked it up and stared at it for a while. That L&P stuff is nice ... but It's all stuff that I can build in an hour or so. I've got access to just about every type of steel under the sun and I've got a Brand spankin new tig machine showing up right away. I'll whip up a few prototypes and test them in my rig. There's no reason you shouldn't be able to come up with a CL for about $50. Yeah you could sell it for $200, but how many people are actually going to buy one? Like half a dozen? whoopty. Give me a couple weeks, I'll have a jig whipped up and a couple versions made. I'll be posting! Take Care, Clay

Yeah but you also gusseted your idler arm '88.....an idler arm brace doesn't really do squat for a factory I-arm you'll just bend it. That's a nice design by the way 88! you chopped it and put a bigger bushing in too.. looks like. CM

yeppers... Canada. I'll just pick up a new center link and change it out... I think I'll build a half decent one that won't wear out in the future though. What is it that wears out on them? the ball joints on the link or the bolt holes where tie rods connect? It would be better if you could use some bolt-on ball joints on some EN-30b brackets, the holes wouldn't wear, and you could just change out the ball joints. What do you think? TC, Clay

Hmmmmm... I've only got about an eighth of an inch flex up and down with the wheels jacked up in the air. Just enough to notice it wiggle. When it's down on the ground with the weight on it, I can't really flex it by hand. Am I still screwed?

Take your foot off the brake............groan!!! Sorry couldn't resist. That was bad!

Ok, I was confused I thought it was a secondary to what I thought was a tranverse link. Apparently there's only one link and that's it! It's kind of a crappy steering setup isn't it. I checked all my ball joints, tie rod ends and joints.. all tight. I've got a little up and down on the center link.... but I don't have a dampner on right now either. I think I'm going to be OK once I get the dampner on there. Sorry for the stupid question? Everyone calls it something different as well, doesn't help. Take Care, Clay

OK.... I'm missing some steering parts here. I'm missing a steering damper I know that, but I don't see anywhere where a centerlink hooks up to the tie rods or transverse rod. I've been hunting for a diagram, but can't find anything. It's hard to fix stuff when things are missing and you don't know what it's supposed to look like. Take Care, Clay

http://rangerusa.com/amateur.html You should look into the Ranger 6 meter ham radios if you really want some range. They can do a hundred miles or better. They are ham radios.... but are easily converted into a cb by moving a few jumpers inside.... they're more or less made to do this from factory. And yes you should have a ham license to operate one but... if you 'wink wink' keep the power down to legal limits and stay in the CB frequency range you're legal. Just click the link above and check out the 2950,2970,5054... all conversion friendly. Take Care, Clay

Sorry for the late reply, getting busy at work! Thankyou for all your replies. I was just concerned going up that it may become a little on the tippy side. I was thinking a 3 or 2 inch backspace would give me a little more width and stability. I'd rather just get the backspace on the rims right now, rather than adding a spacer plate later. Thanks again for all the help, now I just got to decide on which tires to get. TC, Clay